Which alphabet has the best cricketers ? Create an XI

[Fuller Pilch]

Smith, GC
Smith, CL
Smith, RA
Smith, SPD
Smith, MJK
Sobers*
Smith, OG
Smith, PA
Smith, EJ+
Smith, CIJ
Smith, AM

Good side, but surely IDS Smith is the keeper

 

[Starfighter]

1. Greenidge, Gordon
2. Hutton, Sir Len (c)
3. Inzamam-Ul-Haq
4. Jayawardene, Mahela
5. Kallis, Jacques
6. Lara, Brian
7. Miller, Keith
8. Noble, Monty
9. Oldfield, Bert (+)
10. Pollock, Shaun
11. Rabada, Kagiso

Like what happened to Q? Though I suspect Neville Quinn is a moderate downgrade on Rabada.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Like what happened to Q? Though I suspect Neville Quinn is a moderate downgrade on Rabada.

Qadir?

 

[Starfighter]

Qadir?

Lol. Good miss from me.

 

[Prince EWS]

Qadir?

>inb4 @The Sean tells us all he's objectively an A player because Wisden says so.

 

[The Sean]

>inb4 @The Sean tells us all he's objectively an A player because Wisden says so.

I finally feel seen.

 

[DCH]

all-time XI with 22 different initials.

Virender Sehwag
Hanif Mohamad
Don Bradman
Ricky Ponting
Graham Thorpe
Farukh Engineer
Imran Khan
Jim Laker
Curtley Ambrose
Waqar Younis
Nuwan Zoysa

 

[AndrewB]

all-time XI with 22 different initials.

Virender Sehwag
Hanif Mohamad
Don Bradman
Ricky Ponting
Graham Thorpe
Farukh Engineer
Imran Khan
Jim Laker
Curtley Ambrose
Waqar Younis
Nuwan Zoysa

I'd put in Trumper and Sobers for Sehwag and Thorpe.
With the extra bowler that gives you, might replace Zoysa with Norman O'Neill.

 

[AndrewB]

The E team has a decent top 5, but moderate bowling/tail
Eddie Barlow
Eric Rowan
Ernest Tyldesley
Eddie Paynter
Everton Weekes
Eknath Solkar
Edmund Tylecote+
Ernie Toshack
Erapalli Prasanna
Ernie McCormick
Ewan Chatfield

The I team (6 Ians and 5 Asians) is better
Ian Redpath
Imran Farhat
Ian Chappell*
Inzamam-ul-Haq
Ian Bell
Ian Botham
Imran Khan
Irfan Pathan
Ian Healy+
Iqbal Qasim
Ian Bishop

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

The L test team is kinda decent too !

1.Justin Langer
2.Bill Lawry
3.Marnus Labuschagne
4.Brian Lara
5.VVS Laxman
6.Clive Lloyd (C)
7.Dennis Lindsay (WK)
8.Ray Lindwall
9.Jim Laker
10.Dennis Lillee
11.George Lohmann

 

[Jayro]

Sid. Barnes,
Sunil Gavaskar,
Steve Smith,
Sachin Tendulkar,
Steve Waugh,
S. Chanderpaul,
S. Kirmani,
S. Pollock
S. Warne,
S. Bond,
S. Barnes.

 

[Jayro]

Chris Rogers,
Chris Gayle,
Chris Lynn,
Chris Cairns,
Chris broad,
Chris Harris,
Chris Nevin,
Chris Morris
Chris Woakes,
Chris Lewis,
Chris Tremlett,

A possibly very good t20 team with all Chris's.